Bio
Shalmali Bane is a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist living in the Bay Area, California. She received her doctorate in Epidemiology and Population Health in 2024 from the Stanford University School of Medicine. Her dissertation examined the association of neighborhood factors and birth hospital with racial and ethnic disparities in low-risk cesarean birth, as well as cesarean birth as a means to reduce downstream severe maternal morbidity. At Stanford, she held teaching roles in the departments of Epidemiology (Intermediate Methods, Reproductive & Perintal Epidemiology), Biology (Genetics, Physiology, Biochemistry), and Theater & Performance Studies (Improvisation). She is interested in the application of causal inference and advanced epidemiological methods as well as community-engaged research practices to facilitate the rigorous and equitable study of pregnancy. Her research covers topics in healthcare resource use, maternal and infant outcomes, and social epidemiology. Dr. Bane hopes her research supports improving reproductive care safely and equitably for all who choose to give birth.
Education
Stanford University, School of Medicine | Stanford, CA
Ph.D., Epidemiology and Population Health | 2021 - 2024
M.S., Epidemiology and Population Health | 2019 - 2021
Stanford University | Stanford, CA
- B.S. with Honors, Biology | 2012 - 2016
Experience
Founding Researcher | Malama Health | March 2022 - May 2023
Senior Analyst | The Analysis Group, Inc. | May 2018 - August 2019
Analyst | The Analysis Group, Inc. | August 2016 - May 2018